87/100
#143 nationally
Hutchinson Health
1095 Highway 15 South, Hutchinson, MN 55350 · (320) 234-5000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hutchinson Health billed $2.18 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 2.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 28
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MN
- #9
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
170 | $8,892 | $2,743 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
162 | $1,112 | $689 | -65% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $4,383 | $1,634 | -57% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
53 | $17,399 | $19,791 | -73% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $43,170 | $13,245 | -31% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $6,608 | $2,053 | -49% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $20,510 | $13,082 | -53% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $7,613 | $1,620 | -32% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $23,494 | $14,429 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
29 | $23,050 | $5,816 | -34% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,900 | $1,946 | +22% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,318 | $3,213 | +17% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,799 | $3,487 | about average |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,891 | $7,211 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,128 | $6,573 | -24% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,436 | $5,216 | -29% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,170 | $13,245 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,613 | $1,620 | -32% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$17,399 | $19,791 | -73% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$15,333 | $16,745 | -73% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$17,118 | $16,844 | -69% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,955 | $1,536 | -66% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,112 | $689 | -65% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$18,197 | $12,482 | -62% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$15,241 | $10,812 | -61% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$12,804 | $7,926 | -58% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.